Is It Over Already?

Goodness how time flies! I have been back in the states for 1 week and 2 days now, and it already feels like my life in PNG was a distant dream. Today I woke up and realized I needed to write one last blog about this trip to sum everything up for you amazing folks who have supported me all through this journey. So here we go!

As you all could tell from my previous short blog post, getting home was a bit of a challenge. Planes were delayed, things broke, and I missed my very dear friend’s wedding, but God of course had a plan. Throughout this whole trip the one thing I continued to learn and practice was complete dependence on God. The moment I started to step out on my own strength and desires, God would put me right back into my place. I realized closer to the end of the trip, that I am the least qualified person to live in the jungle and spread the good news of Christ, but that is exactly the mindset God wants me in. When I lose myself completely and solely depend on Him that is when God can use us to complete His desire for mankind. It was not an easy lesson to learn, and I’m definitely not done learning it, but it was amazing to see God’s love and faithfulness in the midst of me trying to do simple tasks (like hiking on a very muddy and steep trail, eating food I wasn’t comfortable with, being on the ocean for 7.5 hours in a storm, learning a new language, and many more). The hardest moment of dependence on God was with traveling home. I won’t go into all the nitty grittys about what happened with each flight, but I will say not until that plane was taking off did I believe I was one step closer to home. The moment I realized God was the only one who could bring us all home, my stress level decreased, my tears stopped, and I was finally able to enjoy the last few moments with my new found family.

God is so faithful. There really is no other way of saying it.

Now I know the burning question on all of your minds is, “What happens next jungle girl?” and let me tell you, as soon as God lets me know I will let you know J. All I know right now is I will definitely be returning someday. If back to PNG I do not know, all I know is there are people out there who don’t know about Christ and it’s our job to tell them. I’m just excited to see what God has planned for me. He showed me great things in PNG and I know his faithfulness and blessings will never cease.

Thank you again everybody, all of your prayers made a world of difference to me. I can’t thank you enough!

Em tasol (that is all)

Lydia